I Really Didn't Mean to Make Money

“Opening three stores at once, President Chen is really bold.”

Lin Zhu gasped in shock.

Su Dan fell into silence. President Chen’s decision to open three branches at once was definitely not a rash move.

No one would joke around with money, after all, opening three Coffee Shops, according to Nanhe Coffee’s standards, would require millions in funds.

After pondering for a moment, she still couldn’t guess President Chen’s intention.

Finally, she let out a helpless sigh and looked at Song Xia and Lin Zhu.

“Since President Chen has already given the order, we need to carry it out.”

“However, we need to discuss how to open these three Coffee Shops.”

“Why not open all three as Cat Cafés?” Lin Zhu suggested after some thought.

“This suggestion is inappropriate. We are still uncertain whether a Cat Café can really make a Coffee Shop profitable, so we cannot blindly turn all Coffee Shops into Cat Cafés. At the very least, we should wait until the first Cat Café is up and running to see its profit situation before making a decision.”

Su Dan directly rejected Lin Zhu’s proposal.

Although the recent experiment with cats did attract some customers, it was still only a slight increase and hadn’t reached the point of profitability.

Of course, due to the limited decoration style and the small number of cats, the effect of attracting customers was definitely discounted.

Thus, she was also unsure whether a Cat Café could make a Coffee Shop profitable.

She was even more hesitant to use a large number of cats in the existing Coffee Shop for experimentation. After all, if it failed, that Coffee Shop would be completely ruined.

“But if we continue to open traditional coffee shops, won’t the result be the same as the current Coffee Shop?” Song Xia said worriedly.

Having a single loss-making Coffee Shop might be acceptable, but if three more loss-making Coffee Shops were added, how could they explain it to President Chen?

Su Dan also frowned. Given the current situation of the Coffee Shop, if they opened three more Traditional Specialty Coffee Shops, there was a high probability they would incur losses.

What to do?

Her gaze swept around the Coffee Shop and finally landed on Zhou Mei in the distance.

Right!

She almost forgot about Zhou Mei. Didn’t she previously suggest a Maid Café? That’s something they could try.

Though she wasn’t certain whether the Maid Café, like the Cat Café, could make the Coffee Shop profitable, having one more option always meant one more opportunity.

With that in mind, she already had a decision.

“I think we can adopt a comprehensive approach.”

Song Xia and Lin Zhu showed puzzled expressions upon hearing Su Dan’s words.

“You haven’t forgotten about Zhou Mei’s Maid Café suggestion, right?” Su Dan reminded them, noticing their confusion.

Song Xia’s mouth twitched at Su Dan’s reminder.

While others might forget, she couldn’t.

At the time, when she and Su Dan chose the Cat Café over the Maid Café, Zhou Mei had pestered her for a long time.

In the end, unable to refuse, she had to try on several cosplay outfits before Zhou Mei finally let her go.

Looking back at those cosplay styles now, she felt a bit embarrassed.

According to Zhou Mei, those were meant to be worn only in private and not out in public.

“Su Dan, are you planning to open a Maid Café?” Lin Zhu looked up at Su Dan, unaware of Song Xia’s experience.

Su Dan nodded, “Yes, but not all three, just one. The other two will still be traditional specialty Coffee Shops.”

“This way, we will have two unique Coffee Shops. After opening, we can assess the profitability before deciding whether to expand.”

Song Xia came back to her senses and nodded in agreement with Su Dan’s explanation.

“It seems we have no other choice.”

After discussing the plan, Su Dan called Zhou Mei over from a distance.

“Teacher Su, is there something you need?” Zhou Mei asked as she came over.

“Weren’t you going to open a Maid Café? It’s now possible.”

“Really?!”

Zhou Mei’s face lit up with surprise, seemingly in disbelief.

Ever since the suggestion for the Maid Café was replaced by the Cat Café, she thought the Maid Café proposal was impossible to realize.

“Yes, it’s true. Just now, President Chen called and said we are to open three more branches. After discussion, we decided to let you open the Maid Café.”

Su Dan smiled slightly as she watched Zhou Mei’s expression of joy.

“Teacher Su, I love you guys!”

Upon receiving confirmation, Zhou Mei excitedly hugged Su Dan. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Su Dan stiffened in surprise; she didn’t expect Zhou Mei to react this way. She cleared her throat and made her expression slightly more serious.

“Since you’re going to run the Maid Café, you need to put your heart into it. You will be responsible for everything, including the decoration, staff recruitment... everything. After all, we don’t know much about cosplay, so we can’t help much.”

“Don’t worry, Teacher Su, I will definitely put my heart into making the Maid Café successful.”

Zhou Mei noticed Su Dan’s serious tone and replied earnestly.

In the earlier Maid Café planning, she had already prepared herself, but it hadn’t been put into action.

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Clothing Factory,

“This is our workshop, I’ll take you to have a look.”

Wu Yu led two clients into the workshop.

These two clients were potential franchisees contacted by Li Shen during a Live Streaming session, and they had been handed over to him before work ended yesterday.

Of course, there were more potential franchisees than just these few; several others couldn’t come today but would visit in a few days.

He assigned those clients to Cai Jing and Luo Yuan to deal with.

After all, this client wasn’t someone he had personally brought in, so it wouldn’t look good for him to take all the credit.

Upon entering the workshop, Wu Yu began introducing the advanced machines and the craftsmanship of the clothing.

“This is our finished sample clothing for you to check out; the styles are quite innovative. Plus, all our clothing designs are copyrighted once produced.”

“So, there’s no need to worry about too many copies floating around.”

“Feel the fabric; all our garments are made from high-quality materials, and the quality is absolutely guaranteed.”

As he spoke, Wu Yu picked up two finished garments and handed them to the two clients for them to feel the fabric themselves.

One of the customers, holding the clothing and feeling the fabric, nodded subtly.

Then, he looked up at Wu Yu and asked,

“I noticed our company has a direct online sales platform. I wonder if the online clothing prices are the same as the in-store prices?”

“Of course, they are different.”

Wu Yu replied directly, noticing the customer frowning and smiling as he continued.

“Our online selling price is 20 yuan higher than the in-store price. You can see that we have marked this clearly in the most conspicuous place in our Live Streaming room.”

While speaking, Wu Yu opened his phone, entered the Live Streaming room, and showed it to the two clients.